CustomBot

A bot that demonstrates custom middleware, custom subcontext data, and several utility features of the TelegramBotAPI library.

Functionality

Shows how to attach a logging middleware to every API request and how to store arbitrary data in a per-update subcontext. Additionally demonstrates retrieving and sending a user's profile audio playlist and querying the bot's own star balance.

Arguments

Position	Value	Description
1	`BOT_TOKEN`	Telegram bot token

Optional arguments (any order after the token):

Value	Description
`debug`	Enable verbose debug logging
`testServer`	Connect to the Telegram test server instead of production

Bot Commands

Command	Description
`/start`	Retrieves the sender's profile audio files and sends them as an audio media group
`/additional_command`	Demo command that accesses and prints custom subcontext data
`/getMyStarBalance`	Queries and replies with the bot's current Telegram Star balance

Capabilities

Custom request middleware that logs every outgoing API call
Custom BehaviourContext subcontext with arbitrary stored data
Profile audio retrieval via getUserProfilePhotos-style API for audio
Audio media group sending (batched uploads)
Star balance query via getStarTransactions
Channel direct-message configuration tracking via ChatBoostUpdated events
Runs via long polling

Launch

../gradlew run --args="BOT_TOKEN"

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